23636. Adulteration of cream.    U. S. v. 4 Cans of Cream.     Consent decree
of  destruction.     (F.  & D.  no.  33468.    Sample no.   3022-B.)
On or about August 31, 1934, the United States attorney for the Western 
District of Kentucky, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 4 
cans of cream at Louisville, Ky., alleging that the article had been shipped 
in interstate commerce, on or about August 30, 1934, in various lots by Layre 
Melton, Big Sandy, Tenn.; L. A. Still, Gibson, Tenn.; Clifton Vaughn, Bradford, 
Tenn.; R. S. Durbin, New Albany, Ind.; and charging adulteration in violation 
of the Food and Drugs Act.
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole or 
in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal substance.
On or about August 31, 1934, the product being spoiled and unfit for human 
consumption and the consignee, the Blue Valley Creamery Co., Louisville, Ky., 
having recommended its immediate destruction, judgment was entered ordering 
that it be destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.